St. Landry democrat., 1887-04-02

one readv-made coat is often az t5ooa
,s another II IS said that trousers are
sold there at a proportionately cheaper
rate than coats because they wear ouS
sooner and are oftcner replaced.
Into the mysteries Of feminine attire
we will not venture to lntrude; but the
supply of articles for womens use APP
pears to be greater than that Tor men.
Judging from the sums annually ex-
pended by ladies upon their adorn-
ments in certain portion OF society ]"
is doubtless true that cast-otf clothing
of this sort constitutes u distinct ana
peculiarly profitable branch OF the busi-
ness. 1t is, indeed, whispered that
"raviShing toilets frequently change
hands and grace the persons of sue
cession of fair wearers; but, OF course,
the most profound secrecy is observed
in such matters Truth, however, con- =
pels us to say that there are not many
ready-made dresses at the 'Temple,
but there is abundance of cheap materl-
ais for making the dresses. Women 5
cloaks, mantles, jackets, or by what
ever other name their outer garments
are called are largely kept In stock,
and as they are exposed for sale they
look verv neat. Bonnets, ribbons and
flowers also abound. The "Marche du
Temple" is, in fact, provision market
for man and woman's outward bodily
needs.
The "Temple' of to-day is quite an
elegant market compared with what it
was in bygone years, when held on the
Place DIES InnOcents and the Place AUX
Veaux 1t was removed to its present
site in 1903 and established inside the
garden grounds of the famous fort1 ess
of the knights Templar, called La
Tour du Temple whence Louis XVI,
and his unfortunate Queen, Marie An
toinette, were led to the scatfold in
1898. At first the market was held in
the open air, but soon structure was
erected from plans furnished by t.le
architect Molinos. The last vestiges
of the grand old gloomy tower, in
which Sir Sidney Smith, Toussaint Lott
venture, Moreau and Pichegru had been
confined, and which had been built as
early as 1922, disappeared in 1905; and
the market building itself was entirely
pulled down and the space laid out in
the present hand Sme square and.
garden in 1864 ~ .Marche du Tenn
pie" as it now stafds, is spacious
iron and glass strtY %ure. divided into
six pavilions, and yntersected by five
avenues; it contains twenty-four hum
dred stalls and covers an area of q 900
square feet The stalls are rented out
at an annual charge of $500, and the
receipts for each occupant are said to
average between $1,000 and $4,000
year. There was until recently an
upper floor to this market called the
"carreau," which closed at 1890, and
to every one going in a charge of one
cent was made. An order suppressing
this portion of the market has, how
ever, been stuck up on the walls of the
Temple, and fermentation through
out the quarter is the consequence.
The lower market is free, and is OPEN
uillll uuSh III lic evening. Hc ttluti-
ent pavilions of which the market is
composed belong to a French company
that advanced the funds for building
them, but the whole property reverts in
1915 to the municipality, which. in the
meantime, receives from the company
a yearly rental of $40, O0O.-Paris Cor.
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